Spanning the 1950s to the 21st century, this dramatic conclusion to a two-part saga explores the lives of four generations of women. Each has put up a brave front to mask deep hurts, often not understanding the sacrificial love of a mother for her daughter.

Little Carolyn Arundel has always had a special bond with her Oma Marta, especially since tuberculosis took her mother, Hildie, away for months at a time. But when Carolyn goes to college during the turbulent Vietnam War, tragedy strikes and she cuts all family ties, disappearing into the free love culture of San Francisco. She reemerges two years later, lost and pregnant. With the help of her parents, she builds a life for her daughter, May Flower Dawn, before being swept off her feet by the handsome and charming Mitch Hastings.